River groups back Tappan Zee Bridge on better environmental oversight

10:14 PM,
Mar. 27, 2013

Paul Gallay of Riverkeeper. The environmental group has now come out in favor of the new Tappan Zee Bridge are now supporting it after the state agreed to add $2 million in river protections to the plan.

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Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson may no longer be enemies of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, but the two environmental groups said they are still watchdogs of the massive construction project.

The former foes of the $3.9 billion undertaking that is expected to bring years of disturbance to the Hudson River agreed Wednesday to support the new bridge. They signed on after the state strengthened its oversight of the project, boosted an environmental mitigation fund and created a special account to help communities near the work with riverfront improvements.